Dr. Nicosia- not alot of sleep, running on caffeine, peanut butter. Delicious
Today, 3 things:
1. Video
2. Go over Aristotle's "Poetics"
3. Arthur Miller’s tragedy of common man.
Miller Article is on Wiki.
HW: Wiki convo over the weekend, and read Oedipus.
Warning! This movie is intentionally cheesy! YEAH!!!!
Tragedy: can be sad, or intellectually stimulating
King Lear is a dramatic art!
Playwrights use language and imagination to make the tragic figure’s experience our own.
Tragedy: Terrible beauty
Terrible: the hardships the character faces
Beauty: the grace with which the character faces them
King Lear maintains dignity, keeps the true character of a man.
Should the tragic hero be viewed as better then us?
Some say yes.
Some say no.
Everyone can be a tragic hero, without being a king, queen, or knight.
EEEYHdipus Rex.
First tragic play.
Oedipus is destined to kill his father and marry his mother.
Investigates, realizes he has done this. EWWW.
Oedipus kills a guy for not giving him right of way. Overkill.
Goes to Thebes to alleviate a sphinx and a plague
Answers the sphinx’s riddle, plague is gone.
Becomes king, marries widowed queen
Puts out his eyes!
Is he a mighty figure?
Yup, he’s a king Does he suffer a reversal of fortune?
Totes Mgotes, he went from king to banished Does he endure uncommon suffering?
Killing your dad, and then marrying your mom qualifies as uncommon suffering, at least by my judgment. Does he recognize the consequences of his actions?
Oh yeah, and punishes himself violently for them. Does his plight enoble and enlarge us?
Yes
Tragedy in middle ages
500-1500
Tragical tales - teaching stories, rather than dramatic plays.
Took form as stories, death of main character, and used to impart moral lessons.
Let’s talk about the movie!
Moment of epiphany is had by character.
Catharsis is had by the reader.
We’re reading this, because we won’t get to Shakespeare (no Shakespeare? D=)
*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP*
Jimmy is sorry.
Did anyone read the essay?
Yeah....
PERK UP, PERK UP! it’s Wednesday!
Aristotle’s “Poetics”
“Poetics” is important, founds the basis of our final exam.
page 672: Last paragraph.
Kyle reads.
This paragraph discusses:
-Tragedy has some common elements.
-Relates concepts of good and evil into the tragic form.
-Money should not be the basis for tragedy. (Is Great Gatsby a tragedy? What about Midas?)
[difference in college: teachers don’t tell students what is right and wrong, but give them different viewpoints, and the vocabulary to discuss their view/interpretation]
Modern tragedies?
Sweeney Todd
The Watchmen
Clint Eastwood, in movies where he’s a cowboy.
Bottom of 673: footnote #9
Discusses deus ex machina, an acceptable storytelling method in Greek drama, typically unacceptable in modern storytelling.
Page 674
Discusses importance of the Chorus in tragedy.
The clock is disturbing. It’s an hour ahead. Holy cow.
Everyone: take notes on this Arthur Miller! It’s good stuff.
Dr. Nicosia starts the reading. (PRO TIP: Number your paragraphs, fool.)
Are there tragedies written anymore? Discuss!
Who are modern heroes?
Sport figures?
Firemen?
Police?
These figures don’t match Aristotle’s definition.
Collective figures like Firemen, Police are common.
To be a hero, it is felt that one must “toot your own horn.” You have to appeal to the media, to make yourself known.
Glory and honor have been replaced with fame and wealth by modern society.
Sully Sullenberger has been called a hero.
It’s sad to not be able to say we have a definitive hero for today.
Sports heroes, who grow up in hard areas, sometimes forget their roots, and get lost in fame.
When are the Freeman fires going to stop? This is an example of people letting something that is unacceptable go on.
We are a generation that is no longer willing to stand up.
We are connected to Oedipus, even though he is a king, and we are students, by simple human psychology.
Do we feel a connection to Oedipus, the guy who killed his dad and married his mom?
If we don’t relate, it is a failed tragedy.
Updated HW: Over the weekend, finish Arthur Miller’s essay, read as much of Oedipus as humanly possible for you.
Dr. Nicosia- not alot of sleep, running on caffeine, peanut butter. Delicious
Today, 3 things:
1. Video
2. Go over Aristotle's "Poetics"
3. Arthur Miller’s tragedy of common man.
Miller Article is on Wiki.
HW: Wiki convo over the weekend, and read Oedipus.
Warning! This movie is intentionally cheesy! YEAH!!!!
Tragedy: can be sad, or intellectually stimulating
King Lear is a dramatic art!
Playwrights use language and imagination to make the tragic figure’s experience our own.
Tragedy: Terrible beauty
Terrible: the hardships the character faces
Beauty: the grace with which the character faces them
King Lear maintains dignity, keeps the true character of a man.
Should the tragic hero be viewed as better then us?
Some say yes.
Some say no.
Everyone can be a tragic hero, without being a king, queen, or knight.
EEEYHdipus Rex.
First tragic play.
Oedipus is destined to kill his father and marry his mother.
Investigates, realizes he has done this. EWWW.
Oedipus kills a guy for not giving him right of way. Overkill.
Goes to Thebes to alleviate a sphinx and a plague
Answers the sphinx’s riddle, plague is gone.
Becomes king, marries widowed queen
Puts out his eyes!
Is he a mighty figure?
Yup, he’s a king
Does he suffer a reversal of fortune?
Totes Mgotes, he went from king to banished
Does he endure uncommon suffering?
Killing your dad, and then marrying your mom qualifies as uncommon suffering, at least by my judgment.
Does he recognize the consequences of his actions?
Oh yeah, and punishes himself violently for them.
Does his plight enoble and enlarge us?
Yes
Tragedy in middle ages
500-1500
Tragical tales - teaching stories, rather than dramatic plays.
Took form as stories, death of main character, and used to impart moral lessons.
Let’s talk about the movie!
Moment of epiphany is had by character.
Catharsis is had by the reader.
We’re reading this, because we won’t get to Shakespeare (no Shakespeare? D=)
*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP*
Jimmy is sorry.
Did anyone read the essay?
Yeah....
PERK UP, PERK UP! it’s Wednesday!
Aristotle’s “Poetics”
“Poetics” is important, founds the basis of our final exam.
page 672: Last paragraph.
Kyle reads.
This paragraph discusses:
-Tragedy has some common elements.
-Relates concepts of good and evil into the tragic form.
-Money should not be the basis for tragedy.
(Is Great Gatsby a tragedy? What about Midas?)
[difference in college: teachers don’t tell students what is right and wrong, but give them different viewpoints, and the vocabulary to discuss their view/interpretation]
Modern tragedies?
Sweeney Todd
The Watchmen
Clint Eastwood, in movies where he’s a cowboy.
Bottom of 673: footnote #9
Discusses deus ex machina, an acceptable storytelling method in Greek drama, typically unacceptable in modern storytelling.
Page 674
Discusses importance of the Chorus in tragedy.
The clock is disturbing. It’s an hour ahead. Holy cow.
Everyone: take notes on this Arthur Miller! It’s good stuff.
Dr. Nicosia starts the reading. (PRO TIP: Number your paragraphs, fool.)
Are there tragedies written anymore? Discuss!
Who are modern heroes?
Sport figures?
Firemen?
Police?
These figures don’t match Aristotle’s definition.
Collective figures like Firemen, Police are common.
To be a hero, it is felt that one must “toot your own horn.” You have to appeal to the media, to make yourself known.
Glory and honor have been replaced with fame and wealth by modern society.
Sully Sullenberger has been called a hero.
It’s sad to not be able to say we have a definitive hero for today.
Sports heroes, who grow up in hard areas, sometimes forget their roots, and get lost in fame.
When are the Freeman fires going to stop? This is an example of people letting something that is unacceptable go on.
We are a generation that is no longer willing to stand up.
We are connected to Oedipus, even though he is a king, and we are students, by simple human psychology.
Do we feel a connection to Oedipus, the guy who killed his dad and married his mom?
If we don’t relate, it is a failed tragedy.
Updated HW: Over the weekend, finish Arthur Miller’s essay, read as much of Oedipus as humanly possible for you.